--- title: White House: Leak and You'll Be Fired description: White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci says he'll fire everyone in the White House in a bid to root out West Wind leakers. canonical: https://time.com/4872248/white-house-leak-and-youll-be-fired/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-25T16:28:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:25:19.926Z article:section: Politics og:title: White House: Leak and You'll Be Fired og:description: White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci says he'll fire everyone in the White House in a bid to root out West Wind leakers. og:url: https://time.com/4872248/white-house-leak-and-youll-be-fired/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Morning Must Reads og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: White House: Leak and You'll Be Fired twitter:description: White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci says he'll fire everyone in the White House in a bid to root out West Wind leakers. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # White House: Leak and You'll Be Fired > Sponsored content. 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One day before the Senate votes whether to begin debate on repealing the Affordable Care Act, President Trump called the 2010 law "death" and a "nightmare" that has wreaked havoc on the lives of Americans._ by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Jul 25, 2017 4:28 PM UTC One day before the Senate votes whether to begin debate on repealing the Affordable Care Act, President Trump called the 2010 law "death" and a "nightmare" that has wreaked havoc on the lives of Americans. by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Jul 25, 2017 4:28 PM UTC New White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci says he’ll fire everyone in the White House in a bid to root out supposed West Wing leakers. “I’m going to fire everybody, that’s how I’m going to do it,” he told reporters outside the White House Tuesday. “You’re either going to stop leaking or you’re going to get fired. If I got to get this thing down to me and \[incoming White House Press Secretary\] Sarah Huckabee, then the leaking will stop.” Scaramucci’s comments came two hours after he told Politico that he intends to fire Senior Assistant White House Press Secretary Michael Short on the suspicion of leaking—a revelation he then declined to confirm and blamed other leakers for revealing. “The fact that you guys know about it before he does really upsets me as a human being and as a Roman Catholic,” he told reporters. Scaramucci’s has begun a “purge” of the West Wing on the pretense of identifying leakers—whom he branded as “unpatriotic”—but he’s largely targeting White House employees with close ties to outgoing Press Secretary Sean Spicer and Chief of Staff Reince Priebus. In doing so, he’s carrying out the impulses of President Trump, who has grown increasingly dissatisfied with many of the professional operatives around him—which is why he brought on Scaramucci, a political novice, to begin with. Scaramucci defended himself from charges that he was a leaker when he worked on the Jeb Bush or Scott Walker presidential campaigns in 2016\. “\[It\] isn’t true,” he told reporters, before suggesting that his behavior was different from those leaking inside the White House. “But it’s a very different thing—a campaign—than running an administration and the American government.” Scaramucci also weighed in on Trump’s ongoing row with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, whom he called “VERY weak” Tuesday. Trump wants Sessions to quit, Scaramucci said Tuesday, citing Trump’s frustration over the Russia probe and Sessions’ recusal. “We’ll get to a resolution shortly,” he added. At the time of his hiring, the White House made clear that Scaramucci reports directly to Trump, providing him an outsized role among the senior staff. Now, with a mandate from the president to fire those suspected of being disloyal or otherwise, Scaramucci is beginning to sound more like a de-facto Chief of Staff. Trump will face questions on Sessions and the state of his West Wing Tuesday afternoon when he holds a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Lebanon, Saad Hariri. In other news: The Senate is set to vote on a motion to proceed to the consideration of its healthcare bill—though the precise legislative strategy is still up in the air. Even with Sen. John McCain’s return to the Senate, it’s unclear whether Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has the votes. Vice President Mike Pence will be on hand to break a tie should one arise. _Here are your must reads:_ **Must Reads** [Senate Braces for Health Showdown With McCain on Hand but a Plan Unclear ](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/us/politics/senate-health-bill-obamacare-repeal-and-replace-trump-mcconnell.html)Can they get the votes \[New York Times\] [How Democrats Lost Voters to Trump—and Might Win Them Back ](https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-democrats-lost-voters-to-trumpand-might-win-them-back-1500908665)A populist economic message could be key to recapturing some of the estimated six million who voted for Obama in 2012 but Trump in 2016 \[Wall Street Journal\] [Trump Asks About Firing Sessions, Calls His Position ‘Weak’ ](https://www.apnews.com/57704677b2b740b6a3dcd265da781215/Trump-asks-about-firing-Sessions,-calls-his-position-%27weak%27)How long will Sessions stay? \[Associated Press\] [Unrest Bubbles Among Trump’s Key Foreign Policy Aides ](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-nationalsecurity-idUSKBN1AA00P?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=newsletter%5Faxiosam&stream=top-stories)McMaster, Tillerson under fire \[Reuters\] [New Communications Director Moves Toward Possible Staff Purge at White House ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-communications-director-moves-toward-possible-staff-purge-at-white-house/2017/07/24/b8af5eb2-7091-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304%5Fstory.html?utm%5Fterm=.687f2b38aa33)Priebus’ position weakened \[Washington Post\] **Sound Off** “You’re probably right.” — Incoming White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci to radio host Hugh Hewitt on whether Trump wants Attorney General Jeff Sessions gone “I’m gonna put ‘em out on Pennsylvania Ave, I think it’s a very clear thing. Do you want to sell postcards to the tourists outside the gate or do you want to work in the West Wing? What do you want to do?” — Scaramucci on his message to “leakers” **Bits and Bites** [When he travels, Trump favors states that voted for him](https://www.apnews.com/85d7ce68e5f543a4ba28bd1d385bc80f/When-he-travels,-Trump-favors-states-that-voted-for-him) \[Associated Press\] [John McCain Will Return to the Senate on Tuesday](http://time.com/4872010/john-mccain-cancer-senate/) \[TIME\] [After Trump’s partisan speech, Boy Scouts of America reiterates that it is ‘wholly non-partisan’](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/07/25/after-trumps-partisan-speech-boy-scouts-of-america-reiterates-that-it-is-wholly-non-partisan/?utm%5Fterm=.c97c3a2e7aa6) \[Washington Post\] [Jared Kushner Returns to Capitol Hill for a Second Day of Closed-Door Russia Interviews](http://time.com/4872188/jared-kushner-russia-probe-ouse-intelligence-committe/) \[Associated Press\] [President Trump Says Obamacare Has ‘Wreaked Havoc’ on Americans](http://time.com/4871630/donald-trump-repeal-replace-obamacare/) \[TIME\] [3 Ways Jared Kushner Very Carefully Picked His Words](http://time.com/4870886/jared-kushner-congress-statement-read/) \[TIME\] [In Trump’s World, “You’re Never Really Dead if You Just Stick Around and Endure It”](https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/07/25/joshua-green-in-trumps-world-youre-never-really-dead-if-you-just-stick-around-and-endure-it/) \[Washingtonian\] [Read the Full Transcript of President Trump’s 2017 Boy Scout Jamboree Speech](http://time.com/4872118/trump-boy-scout-jamboree-speech-transcript/) \[TIME\] [EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Flew Home to Oklahoma Most Weekends on Taxpayer’s Dime, Records Show](http://time.com/4871869/scott-pruitt-epa-oklahoma-trips-expense/) \[Associated Press\] [GOP Congressman Blames ‘Female Senators’ for Obamacare Repeal Failure](http://time.com/4871491/blake-farenthold-female-senators-republicans-health-care-obamacare/) \[Associated Press\] [‘I Had No Improper Contacts.’ Jared Kushner Speaks After Senate Meeting on Russia](http://time.com/4871201/jared-kushner-russia-statement-white-house-senate/) \[TIME\] ## Transcript [00:00] For the past 17 years, Obamacare has wreaked havoc [00:04] on the lives of innocent, hard- working Americans. [00:09] Behind me today we have real American families, great [00:13] families, just spent a lot of time with them, who are [00:16] suffering because, seven years ago, a small group of [00:19] politicians And special interest in Washington [00:22] engineered a government takeover of healthcare. The [00:26] Senate bill protects coverage for preexisting conditions [00:30] and you don't hear those from the Democrats. They [00:32] like to tell you just the opposite, and they don't even [00:35] know the bill. They run out and they say death, death, [00:38] death. Well, Obamacare is death That's the one that's [00:41] death. And besides that, it's failing, so you won't have [00:44] it anyway. Obamacare has broken our healthcare [00:48] system. It's broken. It's collapsing. It's [00:52] gone. Every Republican running for office promised [00:56] immediate relief From this disaster's law. We as a [01:00] party must fulfill that solemn promise to the voters of [01:04] this country. The question for every senator, democrat, [01:08] or republican is whether they would side with Obama [01:11] Care's architects which have been so destructive to our [01:15] country. Or with its forgotten victims. 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